Jim Fenton has worked at The Enterprise since 1981 and began covering the Celtics in the 1985-86 championship season when Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish formed the Big 3. He was seated courtside for nearly every home game during the 22-
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Jim Fenton has worked at The Enterprise since 1981 and began covering the Celtics in the 1985-86 championship season when Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish formed the Big 3. He was seated courtside for nearly every home game during the 22-year title drought that came to an end in 2008 when the new Big 3 of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen turned things around.

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By Jim Fenton

Jan. 16, 2014
12:01 a.m.

Rajon Rondo is sitting on the Celtics' bench in uniform on Wednesday night at the TD Garden.

Rondo, sidelined since last Jan. 25 with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee, took part in pregame warmups before the Celtics faced the Toronto Raptors.

All signs are pointing to Friday night against the Los Angeles Lakers for Rondo's 2013-14 season debut.

Earlier in the day, Rondo went through a full practice with the Maine Red Claws of the NBA Development League. The team assigned Rondo to the Red Claws in the morning, then recalled him a few hours later.

"It accomplished what we wanted it to accomplish,’’ said coach Brad Stevens. "I think he enjoyed (working out with Maine) because they kept score and his team usually won. think it was more about getting up and down the floor than anything. I

"I got asked the other day if there’d be a minutes restriction and the answer is yes. We’ll cross those bridges with exact numbers when we get there and go from there, but he looked pretty good.’’

After trading Jordan Crawford and MarShon Brooks to the Golden State Warriors earlier in the day, the Celtics had 10 players (not including Rondo) ready to go against the Raptors.

"That’s part of the challenge,'' said Stevens. "But at the same time, all 10 are going to play and it’s going to be something where we all have to kind of make up for any absence that we don’t have from the standpoint of what we’ve lost in the trade from a numbers standpoint and go from there.''